The Local Government Unit (LGU) of Ormoc City, led by Sangguniang Panglungsod Atty. Nolitz Quilang, conducted a briefing about District Barangay Merging at Eastern Visayas State University (EVSU) Ormoc Campus yesterday afternoon.

The forum was attended by Dr. Gerry B. de Cadiz, EVSU-OC Campus Director; Ms. Kristine Lovele E. Navarrete, Faculty President; Pems Dexter Vincent L. Capuban, SESPO/PS1; Supreme Student Government (SSG); The Observer, the Official Student Publication of EVSU-OC and representatives from the other student organizations of the university.

The initiative aims to transform the currently 29 District Baranggays into 4 Super Baranggays- the Baranggay North, East, West, and South (NEWS).

The main message of this Barangay Merger is “𝑨𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒑𝒂𝒅𝒖𝒐𝒍 𝒔𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒃𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒐 𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒅𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒂 𝒌𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒆 𝒌𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒅, 𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒔𝒚𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆, 𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒌𝒕𝒊𝒃𝒐 𝒐𝒈 𝒅𝒂𝒍𝒊 𝒏𝒈𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒊𝒔𝒚𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝒌𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒍𝒂. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑷𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑶𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓, 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆, 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝑾𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒅 𝑾𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔.”, Hon. Quilang said.

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